Fertilizer-distributer



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P. A. LEE. FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTEB.

No. 350,258. Patented Oct. 5, 1886.

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FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER. No. 350,258 6 Patented 0013-5, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

PEYTON ALEXANDER LEE, OF OOUSHATTA, LOUISIANA.

FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,258, dated October 5, 1886.

Application filed J une 11, 1886. Serial No. 204,889. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PEYTON ALEXANDER LEE, of Goushatta, in the parish of Red River and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fertilizer-Distributers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved fertilizerdistributer; and it consists in certain features of construction and novel combinations of parts, as will be described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention ready for use, the sectional bed being in position as when starting in use, and the cover being broken away to show the breaking-roller. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the improvement removed from the running-gear. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view, parts being broken away to show the construction whereby the breaking-roller may be removed. Fig. 4 is a side view of the improvement,showing the feed-gearing. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the inner side of the cover, all of which will be described; and Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the mechanism for securing the cog-ring to the wheel-hub.

The improvement is adapted for use in connection with the running-gear of an ordinary wagon, and it is in such connection that I will now describe it.

In preparing the wagon for use the body is removed and cog-rings A are fitted over the hubs of wheels B and secured by the bolts 6, which have hooks D at one end adapted to engage the spokes of the wheels B, while their opposite ends are threaded to receive the nuts (I. By this construction an ordinary wagon may be quickly prepared for use with the distributing apparatus. The body or main frame is formed with side pieces, E, connected at their forward ends by a cross-beam, e, and by a bar, F, as shown. At their inner lower edges these side pieces, E, have inwardly-projecting rails or ribs G, which serve as ways for the traveling sectional bed, and rollers g are usually provided to support said bed and prevent too great a friction between the same and its track. The traveling bed is formed with connected sections or slats h, and has at its forward end a front board, I. This bed is movable on the track before described ,and has its rear end directed over pulleys 1 on a crossshaft, J, which pulleys are usually loose on their shaft. A cord or cords, K, extend below and connect the ends of the sectional bed. These cords pass under guide-pulleys is, supported on the front beam, a, and are held taut thereby in all positions of the bed. By forming the main frame with side pieces the use of such parts on the bed is avoided.

In operation, as the bed is fed backward, preferably by the devices shown and hereinafter described, the fertilizer supported thereby is discharged at its rear end. In the main frame, below the traveling bed, I journal a screw, 2, having a hand-wheel, 3, by which it may be turned, and it also'has a bevel-gear, 4, which meshes with a bevel-gear, 5, on the shaft J. This shaft J has fixed on its end a wheel, L, having a number of con centric gearrings, Z, and a shaft, M, extends across the face of this wheel L, and hason it a gear-pinion, m, which may be adjusted to mesh any one desired of rings Z, and may be held in such adj ustment, preferably by a clamping-screw, as shown. This shaft M also has a gear, 6,which meshes with a gear, n, on a shaft, N, and such shaft is also provided with a gear, 7, having a.cluteh-section, 8, and movable, whereby it may be caused to clutch the gear a. The gear 7 is connected by a belt, 9, usually a square-' link chain, as shown,with the toothed ring on the adjacent wheel B, so that as the machine moves the Wheel 7 is revolved, and when clutched with wheel it turns the wheel L, shaft J, and the feed-screw, and moves the bed H by means of the nut O, which is fixed to the bed and fitted on the screw. It will be noticed that housings 10 and 11 are provided to protect the screw and the gears connecting the same with shaft J, to protect such parts from drippings or siftings from the traveling bed above. By adjusting the pinion m to mesh the different rings 1 of the wheel L any desired rate of feed may be obtained. The bed may be driven from the drive-wheel until the load is discharged, when by releasing the clutch 8the bed may be adjusted to receive a new load by turning the screw by hand, as will be readily understood. The breaking-roller O is journaled in the sides of the main frame, and I00 is provided with a number of teeth, 0, which serve to break or disintegrate the manure,and reduce the same to a comparatively finely-divided state before it leaves the bed. At one end the roller extends through the side piece, and has fixed to it a pinion, 12, and the opening 13 in such side piece for the trunnion of the roller extends to the rear thereof, and has its rear end closed by a wedge-shaped block, 14,having tapered edges. This block may be adjusted into the opening 13 in rear of the roller from the inner side of the side piece,aud may be secured in place by a turn-button, 15. By turning this button to release block 14; the said block may be removed and the rollerbe removed for repairs or for other purposes, as may be desired. Over the pinion 12 is formed ahood or housing, 16,and asomewhat similar housing, 17, is formed over the wheel L at the opposite side of the machine. In the housing 16 is formed a door, 18, to permit access to the turn-button 15. Adjacent the pinion 12 is a shaft, 19, having a gear, 20, arranged to mesh with the pinion 12, and the shaft is also provided with a gear-wheel, 21, having a clutchsection, 22, and movable, whereby it may be clutched with the gear 20 to drive the breaker-roller. This wheel 21 is connected by a belt, 23, preferably a square-link chain, with the adjacent wheel B, from which it re ccives its motion. The clutches 22 and 8 are moved to drive and free their respective shafts by means of levers and handles, which are of like construction, so that the description of one will answer for both. A lever, P, is connected at one end to the clutch, and, being pivoted between its ends, has its other end connected with the lower end of a spring-actuated handle, Q, which is provided with a latch R, which, when the handle is moved to adjust the clutch to engage its fellow, catches on a projecting rib, r, mounted on the front bar of the main frame. To release this latch from the rib r, I providea rock-shaft, S, j ournaled alongside the front bar and having a crank-trip, s, which rests alongside of the rib r, and may by turning the shaft be moved above said rib and so release the latch. I also provide this rock-shaft with a crankarm, 24., to which is connected a rod, T, which extends back in convenient reach from near the rear end of the machine, and is engaged by a spring, t, by which the roek-shaft is adjusted to secure its trips 8 at the base of the ribs 7'.

Over the rear end of the machine I fit a cover, U, which extends forward to about the front end of the housings 16 and 17, and may be connected therewith by hooks 25, as shown. The rear end of this cover hangs down below the discharge end of the bed and has fixed to it deflectors V, formed in two sections, the upper sect-ion, 26, being fixed, and the lower sections, 27, being pivoted at their upper ends to the lower ends of the sections 26, so they can be adjusted in or out to distribute or drill the fertilizer in wide or narrow rows, as may be desired.

To secure the adjustable sections at any desired point I provide them with spring-actuated bolts 29, which enter holes 30 in the cover, and so secure the sections in any desired adjustment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. The combination of the drive-wheel, the traveling bed, the feed-screw engaging said bed, the shaft J, geared with said screw, and intermediate gearing between said shaft and the drive-wheel, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the main frame, the traveling bed, the feed-screw j ournaled to the main frame, and a nut secured to the bed and fitted on the feed-screw, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the traveling bed, the feed-screw engaged therewith, the shaft J, geared with the feed-screw, and provided with guide-rollers 1 for the traveling bed, and means for operating the said shaft, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the framing, thetravcling bed, a feed-screw journaled to the framing, a nut connecting said screw with the bed, and a housing extended between said screw and the bed, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the bed, the framing, the feed-screw, a shaft, J, geared with the feed-screw, a wheel, L, having concentriegearrings Z, a shaft having a pulley movable into mesh with any desired one of said rings, and means for driving said shaft, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of the breaking-roll, the side pieces having an opening forming abearing for said roll, and extended substantially as described, a block wedge'shaped in the direction of its length for closing the extension of said opening, and a fastening for said block, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with the framing having a rib, o", of the handle having a latch arranged to engage rib r, and a rock-shaft having a trip movable alongside rib 1', whereby to release the latch, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination of the framing having a rib, 0', the handle having a latch arranged to engage said rib, a rock-shaft having a trip movable alongside of said rib and provided with a crank-arm, and a rod connected with said crank-arm, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination of the framing having ribs 1', the traveling bed, the screw for feeding said bed, the shaft, intermediate gearing connecting said shaft with the feed-screw, clutch mechanism and gearing connecting said shaft with the drivewheel, the lever P, for operating said clutch mechanism, the handle I, eonnected with said lever,and the latch connected shaft J with the feed-screw, a nut connecting With said handle and arranged to engage the the feed-screw with the bed, and means Where- IO rib 1' of the framing, substantially as set forth. by the shaft J may be revolved, substantially 10. The combination of the main frame, the as set forth.

shaft J, the feed-screw, the bed movable on PEYTON ALEXANDER LEE. Ways in the main frame, pulleys 1, supported Witnesses:

on shaft J and serving to direct the rear end WESLEY GUTHRIE,

of the traveling bed, gearing connecting the J. A. BELL. 

